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French Revolution First Half Quiz

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The First Estate was made up of this group.

a)

Clergy

b)

Common People/Peasants

c)

Nobles

2.

The Second Estate was made up of France's -

a)

Clergy

b)

Commoners/Peasants

c)

Nobles

3.

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobles

c)

Commoners/Peasants

d)

Royalty

4.
Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.
a)
1st Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
1st and 3rd Estates
5.

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

a)

All the estates were taxed equally

b)

The upper classes paid the most taxes

c)

The poorest classes paid all the taxes

d)

The third estate was the wealthiest

6.

Most of the people of France belonged which Estate?

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

4th Estate

7.

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair?

a)

Votes were not secret.

b)

Each estate voted by how many members there were meaning the 3rd Estate got more votes.

c)

Each estate got the same number of votes.

d)

The King got two votes.

8.

When the other Estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate what happened?

a)

Met separately.

b)

Declared themselves the new government.

c)

Created the National Assembly.

d)

All of the above

9.

Who was Louis XVI?

a)

Leader of Reign of Terror.

b)

King of France when the French Revolution begins.

c)

Became Emperor of France.

d)

The Pope.

10.

XVI is the number?

a)

14

b)

15

c)

16

d)

13

11.

Kings during this time believed that they had the right to lead for what reason?

a)

Divine Right

b)

Protestant Reformation

c)

Age of Enlightenment

d)

Because their bloodlines were more stronger and more important.

12.

% of people in the 1st Estate?

a)

1%

b)

2%

c)

97-98%

d)

None of these

13.

% of people in the 2nd Estate?

a)

1%

b)

2%

c)

97-98%

d)

None of these

14.

% of people in 3rd Estate?

a)

1%

b)

2%

c)

97-98%

d)

None of these.

15.
Which of the three estates was the poorest?
a)
1st Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
16.
A social class in France
a)
estate
b)
clergy
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
noble/aristocrat
17.
A middle class person in France
a)
clergy
b)
peasant
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
noble/aristocrat
18.
A poor farmer
a)
clergy
b)
peasant
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
noble/aristocrat
19.
A church official
a)
clergy
b)
peasant
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
noble/aristocrat
20.
To run out of money completely
a)
estate
b)
bankrupt
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
bastille
21.
A person from an important family who is usually wealthy from land ownership
a)
clergy
b)
peasant
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
noble/aristocrat
22.

What was the Bastille used for?

a)

For storing weapons.

b)

housed the French King

c)

A prison or fortress

d)

a Church

e)

For storing weapons and a prison/fortress.

23.

The Storming of the Bastille is considered the starting point of what major historical event?

a)

American Revolution

b)

World War I

c)

Hundred Year's War

d)

French Revolution

e)

Napoleonic Wars

24.

How many prisoners were freed from the Bastille?

a)

7

b)

20

c)

50

d)

17

25.

What was also stored in the Bastille that the revolutionaries needed and took for the cannons and muskets they stole?

a)

Grain

b)

Gunpowder

c)

Swords

d)

Cannon

26.

Which French Social class stormed the Bastille?

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Upper Estate

27.
The third estate attacked a prison looking for guns and ammunition. In the process, they killed all the guards, let the prisoners go, and tore down portions of the old fort brick by brick. This event is known as:
a)
Storming of the Bastille
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
The Great Fear
d)
Tennis Court Oath
28.

What was the Estates-General?

a)

A group that was made up of 1 representative from all 3 estates.

b)

Group that ruled France after the Reign of Terror.

c)

Name of the 3rd estate after they broke away.

d)

A radical group.

29.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)

the king and queen's lavish spending

c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
30.
Which of the following wars helped to inspire the French Revolution?
a)
The American  Civil War
b)
The French and Indian War
c)
American Revolution
d)
The Seven Years War
31.
Which ONE is considered to be the MAIN cause of the French Revolution
a)
Strong King
b)
Economy was in surplus
c)
unequal tax structure
d)
poor military personnel
32.

The 4th of July is to America as _____________ is to France.

a)

French Independence Day

b)

Bastille Day

c)

Waterloo Day

d)

National Assembly Day

33.

A government in which the people have power in a direct way or through representatives who they elect

a)

Social

b)

Democracy

c)

Citizen

d)

Clergy

34.

The machine used to execute people by beheading them during the French Revolution.

a)

Guillotine

b)

Blockade

c)

Bastille

d)

Directory

35.

A city located within France. Also, where the king of France moved his palace to?

a)

St. Catherine

b)

Versailles

c)

Birmingham

d)

Kingston

36.

A person wanting extreme and immediate change.

a)

Delegate

b)

Noble

c)

Radical

d)

Peasant

37.

The act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

(a)  

38.

A meeting of the 3 estates of France to vote on new taxation laws.

(a)  

39.

The act of calling a meeting.

(a)  

40.

An unrestricted use of power.

(a)  

41.

The wife of Louis XVI.

(a)  

42.

An extravagant building that represented Louis XIV's lifestyle of wealth.

(a)  

43.

When people are made to pay a certain amount that is put on income, property of sale.

(a)  

44.

Incapable of being transferred or given to another.

(a)